Coincoin-Prudhomme House, On dirt road off of Highway 494, about 1 mil...
Significance: The Coincoin-Prudhomme House is a rare surviving example of a basic Norman-plan Creole plantation house. Furthermore, it is one of very few extant Louisiana plantation houses from the middle-ante... More
Perry Building, 819-821 Market Space Northwest, Square 408, Corner Lot...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Walsh-Mclean House, 2020 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, D...
Significance: Originally a private residence, this detached structure with Louis XVI details is most conspicuous for its art-nouveau undulating walls and roof; its galleried and sky-lit, three story, "steamship... More
James C. Hooe House, 2230 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, ...
Significance: This row house, in the 16th-century Belgian manner,is noteworthy for its limestone and terra-cotta exterior ornament. Survey number: HABS DC-263 Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction
Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...
Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More
Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...
Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More
Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...
Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More
Scottish Rite Temple, Prince Hall Affiliation, 1633 Eleventh Street No...
Significance: Good example of Classical Revival influence. Interesting decorative motifs, including large sunburst pattern on main facade. Associated with the Scottish Rite Lodge, a black fraternal organizati... More
Galt & Brother Jewelers, 1107 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washingto...
Survey number: HABS DC-546 Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
St. Elmo School House, Northwest corner, First Street & North Avenue, ...
Significance: The St. Elmo Schoolhouse is a well-preserved illustration of the wooden frame, one-room school built in many mining camps of Colorado during the 1870s and 1880s. Few other mining camp schoolhouse... More
St. Elmo School House, Northwest corner, First Street & North Avenue, ...
Significance: The St. Elmo Schoolhouse is a well-preserved illustration of the wooden frame, one-room school built in many mining camps of Colorado during the 1870s and 1880s. Few other mining camp schoolhouse... More
Mackall Square, 1633 Twenty-ninth Street, Northwest, Washington, Distr...
Significance: Mackall Square conveys better than any other property the rural,isolated nature of residences in Georgetown Heights - the northern portion of Georgetown that was outside the early boundaries of th... More
Mackall Square, 1633 Twenty-ninth Street, Northwest, Washington, Distr...
Significance: Mackall Square conveys better than any other property the rural,isolated nature of residences in Georgetown Heights - the northern portion of Georgetown that was outside the early boundaries of th... More
Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...
Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More
Lucius Tuckerman House, 1600 I Street Northwest, Washington, District ...
Significance: This house was built about 1885 by Lucius Tuckerman, son of Rev. Dr. Joseph Tuckerman of Boston. Retiring from active business in New York, where he had lived most of his life Lucius Tuckerman m... More
Ford Motor Company Building, 451-455 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Wa...
Significance: The Ford Motor Company Building is an early example of reinforced concrete construction in Washington. It was designed by Albert Kahn Associates of Detroit, Michigan, one of the country's foremos... More
U.S. Post Office Department, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washi...
Significance: One of Washington's few examples of the Richardsonian Romanesque style of architecture, and the only government building built in this style. it was the first federal structure to occupy the Fede... More
Whitelaw Apartment House, 1839 Thirteenth Street Northwest, Washington...
Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
817 Market Space Northwest (Commercial Building), Square 408, Lot 817,...
Significance: Part of a row of turn-of-the century commercial structures. Its street elevation is the western half of what once were mirror-image paired facades that included the building to the east. Simultan... More
Linnean Hill, 3545 Williamsburg Lane Northwest, Washington, District o...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS DC-168
Linnean Hill, 3545 Williamsburg Lane Northwest, Washington, District o...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS DC-168
Linnean Hill, 3545 Williamsburg Lane Northwest, Washington, District o...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS DC-168
3001-3009 M Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbi...
Significance: Thomas Sim Lee in 1794 built the house and made his winter residence at the corner of 30th and "M" streets, now the two buildings 3001-3003 on "M" street. By 1800 he had acquired property at this ... More
John Thomson Mason House, 3425 Prospect Street, Northwest, Washington,...
Significance: The grey and stately ruin which crowns the highest ridge of Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Island was once the hoe of General John Mason. Built in the last decade of the eighteenth century, this bui... More
John Thomson Mason House, 3425 Prospect Street, Northwest, Washington,...
Significance: The grey and stately ruin which crowns the highest ridge of Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Island was once the hoe of General John Mason. Built in the last decade of the eighteenth century, this bui... More
Samuel Probst Farm, Farm House, Farrandsville Road, approximately 2.1 ...
Photo caption pages & written data include site & floor plans. Significance: Significant as a representative example of a front gable-and-wing farm house that demonstrates early 20th century construction design... More
National Capital Press Building, 511 Eleventh Street, Northwest, Washi...
Significance: The National Capitol Press Building, constructed at a cost of $47,550 in 1913, is a good example of an early 20th century high-rise building in the District of Columbia. Designed by architects Mur... More
PMI Parking Garage, 403-407 Ninth Street, Northwest, Washington, Distr...
Significance: none (original and continuing use as parking garage.) Survey number: HABS DC-523
Mountain King Gold Mine & Mill, 4.3 Air miles Northwest of Copperopoli...
Significance: The Mountain King Mill was originally constructed as a stamp mill for processing gold ore, and was in intermittent but fairly continuous use from 1905-1946. It was significantly altered in a numb... More
Kosai Farm, Milk Barn, B Street north of Northwest Twenty-ninth Street...
Survey number: HABS WA-211-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Washington Lodge Number 15, The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elk...
Significance: An attractive Beaux-Arts design by B. Stanley Simmons, this building is ornamented with stone swags, urn baluster balconies,portrait busts, and oversized elks heads. This lodge included many of W... More
Lansburgh's Department Store, 420-426 Seventh Street, Northwest, Washi...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
1029 Thirtieth Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Colu...
Survey number: HABS DC-765 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Street...
For additional documentation, see also HALS DC-55 (Meridian Hill Park, Noyes Armillary Sphere) Significance: Located between 15th, 16th W, and Euclid Streets, NW is one of the most distinguished examples of Lan... More
Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Street...
For additional documentation, see also HALS DC-55 (Meridian Hill Park, Noyes Armillary Sphere) Significance: Located between 15th, 16th W, and Euclid Streets, NW is one of the most distinguished examples of Lan... More
Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Street...
For additional documentation, see also HALS DC-55 (Meridian Hill Park, Noyes Armillary Sphere) Significance: Located between 15th, 16th W, and Euclid Streets, NW is one of the most distinguished examples of Lan... More
Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Street...
For additional documentation, see also HALS DC-55 (Meridian Hill Park, Noyes Armillary Sphere) Significance: Located between 15th, 16th W, and Euclid Streets, NW is one of the most distinguished examples of Lan... More
Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Street...
For additional documentation, see also HALS DC-55 (Meridian Hill Park, Noyes Armillary Sphere) Significance: Located between 15th, 16th W, and Euclid Streets, NW is one of the most distinguished examples of Lan... More
Trail Shop, Guest Cabin, 105' east of Northwest corner of Lodge, Cody,...
Significance: Guest Cabin (Units 1-2) is part of the Trail Shop complex, which was established halfway between Cody and Yellowstone National Park in 1922 by Wylie Sherwin to accommodate auto and bus tourists. ... More
Eliza Furnace, North side of State Route 3045, 0.75 mile Northwest of ...
Significance: The Eliza Furnace is one of the best preserved remnants of the early iron industry in the region. It is an early example of a "hot blast" iron furnace, retaining the original cast-iron heat excha... More
Eliza Furnace, North side of State Route 3045, 0.75 mile Northwest of ...
Significance: The Eliza Furnace is one of the best preserved remnants of the early iron industry in the region. It is an early example of a "hot blast" iron furnace, retaining the original cast-iron heat excha... More
Hamilton Field, Paint, Oil & Dope House, Northwest of Second Street & ...
Significance: Completed in 1932, this is one of the first industrial structures built on the base, used for storing and dispensing oil and "dope," a technical term for any viscous chemical product used in base ... More
Old Ebbitt Grill, 1427 F Street Northwest, Washington, District of Col...
Significance: Contains bar and interior woodwork of the demolished Ebbitt Hotel (1872-1926). Survey number: HABS DC-315
507 Eleventh Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, D...
Significance: Designed in 1932 (D.C. Building Permit No. 152470, April 16, 1932) by Edward Bullock, Jr., 507 Eleventh Street, NW, is a good example of the elegant, stripped classical storefronts constructed in ... More
Hondius Water Line, 1.6 miles Northwest of Park headquarters building ...
Significance: It is a symbol of the transition from agriculture to tourist-related industries in the Estes Park area which eventually culminated in the formation of Rocky Mountain National Park. Constructed and... More
Capital Traction Company Union Station, 3600 M Street Northwest, Washi...
Significance: The union station for the street railway transit system was planned to accommodate four private lines as a transfer and terminal point. The project was the subject of much controversy in Congress... More
Capital Traction Company Union Station, 3600 M Street Northwest, Washi...
Significance: The union station for the street railway transit system was planned to accommodate four private lines as a transfer and terminal point. The project was the subject of much controversy in Congress... More
Nicholas Hedges House, 1069 Thomas Jefferson Street Northwest, Washing...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Square 347 (Commercial Buildings), Tenth, Eleventh, E, & F Streets, No...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
St. Anthony's Orphanage, Auditorium, 1500 Indian School Road Northwest...
Significance: In summation, the Auditorium also exemplifies the Institutional Mission Style in New Mexico. The most significant architectural features of the Auditorium's exterior are its fenestration details.... More
St. Anthony's Orphanage, Auditorium, 1500 Indian School Road Northwest...
Significance: In summation, the Auditorium also exemplifies the Institutional Mission Style in New Mexico. The most significant architectural features of the Auditorium's exterior are its fenestration details.... More
513 Sixth Street Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, ...
Significance: One of the few older town houses remaining in the area, illustrating its architectural character before the Civil War. Survey number: HABS DC-226 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Cons... More
Le Droit Building, 800-812 F Street Northwest, Washington, District of...
Significance: A commercial building illustrating the earliest phase of F Street's great age of development as the leading shopping and business street in Washington, with great architectural interest. Surve... More
Rhodes Tavern, 601-603 Fifteenth Street & 1431 F Street Northwest, Was...
Significance: Earliest commercial building (built as a tavern) remaining in downtown Washington; headquarters for British officers directing the burning of the White House; home of one of the first banks in the... More
Arthur C. Stanley House, 2370 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washingt...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Washington Canoe Club, 3700 Water Street Northwest, Washington, Distri...
Significance: The Washington Canoe Club, built in 1904 in the Shingle style, sits along the Potomac River, between it and the tow path of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washingto... More
Washington Canoe Club, 3700 Water Street Northwest, Washington, Distri...
Significance: The Washington Canoe Club, built in 1904 in the Shingle style, sits along the Potomac River, between it and the tow path of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washingto... More
Washington Canoe Club, 3700 Water Street Northwest, Washington, Distri...
Significance: The Washington Canoe Club, built in 1904 in the Shingle style, sits along the Potomac River, between it and the tow path of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washingto... More
Washington Canoe Club, 3700 Water Street Northwest, Washington, Distri...
Significance: The Washington Canoe Club, built in 1904 in the Shingle style, sits along the Potomac River, between it and the tow path of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washingto... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-10127, Northwest of Hospital Boiler House, ...
Significance: Building T-10127 is an Auxiliary Boiler House; no type is specified on the plans. This is the only example of this type of structure in the hospital area. This building is purely utilitarian in ... More
Georgetown University, Healy Building, Thirty-seventh & O Streets, Nor...
Significance: Healy Building is the most prominent structure on the University campus and a picturesque landmark for all Georgetown. Its construction marked the evolution of the school toward true University s... More
Georgetown University, Healy Building, Thirty-seventh & O Streets, Nor...
Significance: Healy Building is the most prominent structure on the University campus and a picturesque landmark for all Georgetown. Its construction marked the evolution of the school toward true University s... More
Georgetown University, Healy Building, Thirty-seventh & O Streets, Nor...
Significance: Healy Building is the most prominent structure on the University campus and a picturesque landmark for all Georgetown. Its construction marked the evolution of the school toward true University s... More
Georgetown University, Healy Building, Thirty-seventh & O Streets, Nor...
Significance: Healy Building is the most prominent structure on the University campus and a picturesque landmark for all Georgetown. Its construction marked the evolution of the school toward true University s... More
Georgetown University, Healy Building, Thirty-seventh & O Streets, Nor...
Significance: Healy Building is the most prominent structure on the University campus and a picturesque landmark for all Georgetown. Its construction marked the evolution of the school toward true University s... More
Georgetown University, Healy Building, Thirty-seventh & O Streets, Nor...
Significance: Healy Building is the most prominent structure on the University campus and a picturesque landmark for all Georgetown. Its construction marked the evolution of the school toward true University s... More
St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...
Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More
St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...
Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More
1318 Vermont Avenue, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columb...
Significance: The row house at 1318 Vermont Avenue, NW, attained its prestige as the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) as as the Washington residence of Mary McLeod Bethune, the educato... More
1318 Vermont Avenue, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columb...
Significance: The row house at 1318 Vermont Avenue, NW, attained its prestige as the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) as as the Washington residence of Mary McLeod Bethune, the educato... More
1318 Vermont Avenue, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columb...
Significance: The row house at 1318 Vermont Avenue, NW, attained its prestige as the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) as as the Washington residence of Mary McLeod Bethune, the educato... More
W. Taylor Birch House, 3099 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District ...
Significance: This home is a good example of the "baronial" type residence that was so often built by wealthy businessmen of the period to proclaim their new status. The heavy fortress-like expression of the e... More
Red Cross Building, Southwest corner of Seventeenth & E Streets Northw...
Significance: Headquarters of the nation's largest official relief organization. Building erected with public and private funds and dedicated as a memorial to the nurses of the Civil War. Survey number: HABS... More
U.S. Soldiers Home, Grant Building, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur St...
See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Grant Building constructed to serve as quarters and principal mess. Survey number: HABS DC-353-... More
U.S. Soldiers Home, Grant Building, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur St...
See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Grant Building constructed to serve as quarters and principal mess. Survey number: HABS DC-353-... More
U.S. Soldiers Home, Grant Building, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur St...
See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Grant Building constructed to serve as quarters and principal mess. Survey number: HABS DC-353-... More
U.S. Customhouse & Post Office, 1221 Thirty-first Street Northwest, Wa...
Significance: The structure was designed in 1856-57 by Ammi B. Young, Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury. It was erected in 1857-58, R.R. Scheckeles being the master builder. The cost of the two-story... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
United States General Post Office, Between Seventh, Eighth, E, & F Str...
Significance: A mid-nineteenth century federal office building with important historical associations and notable architectural character; a landmark of the national capital. Survey number: HABS DC-219 Buil... More
United States General Post Office, Between Seventh, Eighth, E, & F Str...
Significance: A mid-nineteenth century federal office building with important historical associations and notable architectural character; a landmark of the national capital. Survey number: HABS DC-219 Buil... More
Jean Baptiste Valle House, 99 South Main Street (Northwest corner of M...
Significance: This house is a major example of the creole tradition for vertical log construction (poteaux sur sole). It is one of the largest early houses in the new village of Ste. Genevieve, a National Histo... More
City Post Office, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Distr...
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City Post Office, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Distr...
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City Post Office, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Distr...
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City Post Office, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Distr...
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City Post Office, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Distr...
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